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An anonymous reader writes via a report on The Next Web: Google is partnering with password management service Dashlane to build what they’re calling Open YOLO (You Only Login Once), a new API that will allow Android apps to securely access your login … Continue reading Google’s Open YOLO Project Will Remove the Need For Passwords On Android
Firefox has announced a new add-on dubbed No More 404s in its Test Pilot platform which aims to change the way we see 404 links on the web. The add-on, Firefox says, replaces the Error 404 from missing webpages, and replaces them with saved archives fr… Continue reading Firefox Will Try To Show You Saved Archive Of a Page Instead Of 404 Error
Dan Goodin, writing for Ars Technica: New data shows that the majority of robot-enabled scam phone calls came from fewer than 40 call centers, a finding that offers hope the growing menace of robocalls can be stopped. The calls use computers and the In… Continue reading Robocalling Scourge May Not Be Unstoppable After All
You will soon be able to play and try out any virtual reality game or app in StreamVR ecosystem without having to purchase HTC’s VR gear. SteamVR creator Valve has announced it is opening the floodgates to a new wave to a new wave of VR peripherals. PC… Continue reading Steam VR Tracking Technology Now Available To Third Parties
When it comes to computing capacity for public cloud services, Amazon and Microsoft are dominating the pack. According to research firm Gartner, Google is the third in this cloud race. The conclusion comes as Gartner looks into Magic Quadrant’s annual … Continue reading Amazon and Microsoft Are Running One and Two in Two-Cloud Race
Alex Pearlman, reporting for Motherboard: As the biotech revolution accelerates globally, the U.S. could be getting left behind on key technological advances: namely, human genetic modification. A Congressional ban on human germline modification has “d… Continue reading Scientists Argue the US Ban on Human Gene Editing Will Leave It Behind
Reuters reports: A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed part of a lawsuit filed last year by Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and other luxury brands accusing Alibaba Group Holding Ltd of promoting the sale of counterfeit goods. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel i… Continue reading US Judge Dismisses Part of Alibaba Counterfeit Goods Lawsuit
An anonymous reader writes: The United States Copyright Office has sided with cable companies in their fight against a Federal Communications Commission plan to boost competition in the TV set-top box market. The FCC proposal would force pay-TV provide… Continue reading US Copyright Office Sides With Cable Companies Against FCC’s Set Top Rules
Facebook is going to make some changes to its newsfeed, again, it said on Thursday. The company is now having another go at sweeping clickbait news stories away from people’s newsfeed. The move comes as the social networking giant struggles to entice m… Continue reading Facebook’s New Anti-Clickbait Algorithm Buries Bogus Headlines
An anonymous reader writes: Next week over 20 million Australians will take part in a mandatory government census. While such data-gathering exercises are usually uncontroversial, some significant changes to the process of collecting the 2016 data — a… Continue reading Australian Census Stirs Up Storm of Privacy Concerns